Shloka 226
अन्यान् बाणान् समीक्षस्व यैस्त्वं मां सूदयिष्यसि । आँखने कहा--अलर्क! ये बाण मुझे किसी प्रकार नहीं छेद सकते। ये तुम्हारे ही मर्मस्थानोंको बींध डालेंगे और मर्म विदीर्ण हो जानेपर तुम्हें ही जीवनसे हाथ धोना पड़ेगा। अतः दूसरे प्रकारके सायकोंका प्रबन्ध सोचो, जिनकी सहायतासे तुम मुझे मार सकोगे
anyān bāṇān samīkṣasva yais tvaṃ māṃ sūdayiṣyasi |
Alarka said: “Consider other arrows—those by which you might be able to slay me.” In context, this is a pointed warning and challenge: the weapons presently chosen are ineffective and will recoil upon the attacker, urging discernment and responsibility in the use of force rather than reckless aggression.
अलर्क उवाच
Educational Q&A
Force must be guided by discernment: choosing means without understanding their efficacy and consequences can harm the aggressor. The verse frames violence as accountable action, not mere impulse.
Alarka addresses an opponent in a martial exchange, telling him to reconsider and select different arrows—implying the current weapons cannot harm Alarka and may instead rebound disastrously on the attacker.